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Harper, Kyle, 1979-
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Diseases -- Rome -- History.
Climatic changes -- Rome -- History.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome -- Civilization.
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Harper, Kyle, 1979-
Diseases -- Rome -- History.
Climatic changes -- Rome -- History.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome -- Civilization.
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The fate of
Rome
: climate, disease, and the end of an empire / Kyle Harper.
by
Harper, Kyle, 1979-
Princeton University Press, 2017.
Call #:
937.06 H294f
Subjects
Diseases
--
Rome
--
History
.
Climatic
changes
--
Rome
--
History
.
Rome
--
History
--
Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome
--
Civilization.
Series
Princeton
history
of the ancient world.
ISBN:
9780691166834 (hc.)
Description:
417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-412) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Nature's triumph
--
Environment and empire
--
The happiest age
--
Apollo's revenge
--
The old age of the world
--
Fortune's rapid wheel
--
The wine-press of wrath
--
Judgment Day
--
Epilogue: Humanity's triumph?
Summary:
How climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire. The monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history
: the fall of the Roman Empire. The catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of
Rome
's power - a story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Kyle Harper traces how the fate of
Rome
was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from
Rome
's pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when
Rome
was politically fragmented and materially depleted. How the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a "little ice age" and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. A poignant reflection on humanity's intimate relationship with the environment and a sweeping account of how one of
history
's greatest civilizations encountered, endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature's violence. A timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit. Kyle Harper is a historian of the classical world and the Senior Vice President at the University of Oklahoma.
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